Monday, November 9, 2009

A Bun in the Oven

My sister's baby shower was yesterday and as you probably guessed, cookies were required. These "Bun in the Oven" cookies were the favors.

The idea for these cookies came from this card I bought a few years ago at Target.

My husband made a template from my sketch for the cutter out of a manila folder.

I loved the pink on the card, but my sister doesn't know if she's having a boy or girl. I went with turquoise ovens...I wanted them to look a little retro and turquoise seemed to fit the bill. I think these would be really cute in yellow, too.

A few days before making the cookies, I made the buns. They are made the exact same way that you would make a royal icing monogram. (Click here for more info.) They store perfectly at room temperature.{This is the one and only time I've ever asked my husband, "How do you like my buns?" ;) }

Brooke...are you using a coupler? If you do, changing the tips is easy, just unscrew the coupler ring, take off the first tip, put on the next one and replace the ring. Even if I'm only using 1 tip, I always use a coupler.

Bridget Bridget Bridget! Just when we think you'll never be able to top (any last idea), you pull yet another darling trick out of the box!

You remind me of another blog friend who joyfully invests a great deal of effort into whatever she does -- AND she just threw a "Bun in the Oven" baby shower too!!! Check out her clever party favors:http://showerofroses.blogspot.com/2009/11/bun-in-oven-baby-shower-favors.html

Her blog posts before and after that one show some other cute details she did to carry out the "Bun in the Oven" theme. The two of you gals are incredible! Keep up the amazing tricks!

Your cookies are AMAZING! I do cakes and cupcakes and just got a call for some cutout cookies with a company logo on them, of couse I said sure I can do that!! I hope mine turn out half as good looking as yours do!! Thanks for the inspiration!!

These are so adorable!!! I would really like to make an apron for a friend who is FINALLY pregnant, and I want to embroider this bun-in-the-oven design on the front. I will be sure to credit you, saying I got the idea from these cookies. Would you mind at all?!

Hi Bridget! I just wanted to thank you so much for this cute idea. I made the "Bun in the Oven" cookies and some of your "It's a boy" cookies for a baby shower recently (just posted some pics on my blog this week). Everyone loved them! Thank you for continuing to provide thoughtful and inspired ideas!